It is time to change the way you live. The way you live is now going to change

Time to change
Acts 6:14 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. This was said because Moses was going to be born and he will free this people from bondage. It was a time for change and now is a
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Alcohol was always the center piece of the partying crowd and the money maker for the
club owner. Drugs escalated through the 70’s and 80’s bringing with them some really bad stuff for the serious party goers
to get hung on like cocaine, crack, heroin,

Satan doesn’t destroy you all at once, its little by little.
Ephesians 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we
wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of
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Why would people chose to be wicked? And why would this lifestyle be a temptation even for the average Christian?

OPEN: I once read the true story of their English professor who was on her way to class one day. She was running late and was going over the speed limit. Then she saw the dreaded red and blue lights in her rear view mirror and heard the siren, and she pulled over. As the policeman was making out
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Drinking alcohol is not wise because the end result may be like Zach and it is not wise because it will beat upon one's mind and body and because it puts the brain to sleep and because just small amounts begin to effect one in bad ways quickly and because

INTRODUCTION
1. Please open your bibles to Proverbs 20:1.
2. Proverbs 20:1 teaches among other important lessons, that the drinking of alcohol is not wise.
3. Here is a question. Can you tell yourself one or more reasons why that the drinking of alcohol is not wise? What reasons do you come up
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Why sing? Isn’t singing just for "singers"? And what if I don’t like the songs? Do I have to sing anyway?

OPEN: I read the true story about a woman who bought her daughter a really nice Baby Grand Piano for her birthday. A few weeks later, one of her friends asked her how her daughter was doing.
“Oh,” she said, “I persuaded her to switch to a clarinet.”
“How come?” asked the friend.
“Well,”
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In this sermon, we explore the three steps needed to overcome our addictions.

Introduction:
A. A man stood at a podium and said four short and simple words, “Don’t be like me.”
1. His name was Mickey Mantle.
2. When he graduated from a high school in Oklahoma, he signed with the Yankees.
3. This began a rapid assent to super stardom.
4. Mantle was on
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What impressed Jesus in this story was the faith of the men who'd brought their friend to him - a friend who was crippled and lived in a low place of life. The phrase is "Jesus saw their faith." What does that mean? And what can it mean to us?

A few years back, Garth Brooks came out with a popular Country and Western song called: “I’ve Got Friends In Low Places”
How many of you have ever heard the song? (when most of them raised their hands, I stage whispered: “Pagans”)
It has a catchy tune, but it is
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This sermon contains everything a box office hit movie would have,
just not from the perspective you might be thinking.

“This Sermon is Not Yet Rated”
"This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of King David and of Abraham:" Matthew 1:1 (NLT
Intro: This sermon contains everything a box office hit movie would have, just not from the perspective you might be thinking.
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For many today is a day of great joy. Not because Jesus was born, but because there is a gift with their name on it.
Many have rejected the greastest gift of all which is Jesus Christ. Many have chosen, money, drugs, alcohol, a man or a woman instead

“A God of Second Chances”
“¡El Dios de otra oportunidad!”
12/24/2006 - Marsing, ID
Ricardo Rodriguez
pastor_rr@yahoo.com
Matt 16:26
“For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”
“Porque ¿de qué
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Jeremiah’s message to seek the welfare of the city applies to the church’s urban setting of drugs, violence, and alienation.

Drugs bring Death
Unless you have been out of town for a long time, you know that lots of things have happened in our city during the past several months. Some are hopeful, some confusing, and some are troubling.
In addition to recent acts of violence, we hear charges of racism,
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People live with too much stress.Jesus offers a way to deal with it. Man's ways fail.

Jesus: The Most High! Kelly Durant
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
2. When I first started out evangelizing in the 1970’s, there were a lot of drugs, oriental
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With the legalization of the recreational use of marijuana, the Christian must evaluate if using pot is an acceptable practice or a sin.

In those States where the use and sell of Marijuana is illegal, the answer is straightforward. The Christian must abide by the laws of secular government (Romans 13:1-2, 5) which means that the use and sell of Marijuana is clearly prohibited.
As our Nation moves closer to the legalization of
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Jesus said He offered a different peace than the world did. But what kind of peace does the world offer us and how is what Jesus gives better than that?

OPEN: How many of you have ever heard of a singer named Travis Tritt?
Now he’s a famous Country singer, but before he made it big, Tritt spent years playing in small out-of-the-way bars and taverns. He said that (as you might expect) these were dangerous places. His fans were mostly drunks
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Why would the world hate Jesus? What is there about His message that makes them so upset? Uses the advertisement against Christmas the American Humanist Organization used 5 years ago to explore those questions.

OPEN: About 5 years ago, the American Humanist Association spent $40,000 in December for an ad campaign in Washington D.C. that attacked God during the Christian season.
Now, that’s not what the spokesman for the humanist group said they meant to do:
"Our reason for doing it during
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